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More than $18B spent on 'outdated and outlandish' projects, Coburn report says
Sen. Tom Coburn's report on government waste details spending on 100 government projects, programs and initiatives at a cost of $18 billion. The report also points to potentially systemic issues affecting federal management, such as the lack of strategic sourcing in federal acquisition and the General Services Administration's outdated contract schedules.
Tags: Tom Coburn , budget , wasteful spending , GSA schedules , strategic sourcing , Jack Moore
Task force recommends crackdown on CFC management
Working group suggests CFC managers codify a ban on expenses for meals, beverages and entertainment. The recommendations follow an inspector general report that questioned more than $700,000 in spending, including a jazz band and chair massages.
Tags: CFC , CFC-50 Commission , OPM , Keith Willingham , Shannon Hamm , Ana Urrechaga , Lew Lewis , oversight , management , Ruben Gomez
Senators probe GSA financial controls after conference scandal
The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee gave the acting GSA administrator 21 days to answer 41 multi-part questions about the agency's efforts to prevent waste, fraud and abuse following the now infamous Western Regions Conference. Senators also recommended the agency review all other recent GSA conferences for possible problems.
Tags: Dan Tangherlini , Brian Miller , Susan Collins , Joseph Lieberman , GSA , conference spending , fraud , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , financial management , Shakeup at GSA , Ruben Gomez
Lieberman puts reorg authority on 'bucket list'
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has sponsored legislation to revive the fast-track authority requested by President Barack Obama. Other senators, however, want more details before signing off on the plan that, in part, would allow the President to merge overlapping business- and trade-related agencies.
Tags: GAO , duplication , Tom Coburn , Senate , Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Patricia Dalton , Danny Werfel , USTR , Emily Kopp , Barack Obama , management , government reorganizatio , workforce
Treasury, HHS, Justice find more areas to cut waste
Cutting back on excess dollar-coins, tackling Medicare prescription drug abuse and prosecuting procurement fraud are just some of the ways the White House says agencies cut back on government waste in 2011.
Tags: management , OMB , HHS , DoJ , Treasury , Campaign to Cut Waste , Joseph Biden , fraud , abuse , Medicare , Medicaid , Kathleen Sebelius , Neal Wolin , James Cole , U.S. Mint , Jared Serbu
Department of Homeland Security
Richard Skinner
Inspector General
June 18, 2009
Tags: Richard Skinner , management , homeland security , Agency of the Month , IT , oversight , fraud , abuse
Contracting report asks "At What Cost?"
Tags: mngt , contracting , fraud , abuse , wartime contracting , Robert Dickson , Wartime Contracting Commission
House passes Defense acquisition reform bill
H.R. 5013 is aimed at waste, fraud and abuse.
Tags: contracting , management , DoD , acquisition , fraud , abuse , Capitol Hill
Obama announces plan to cut government waste
Tags: management , budget , oversight , fraud , abuse , Barack Obama , Campaign to Cut Government Waste , Joe Biden
Watchdogs: Agencies risking billions in war zones
Unless changes are made "the United States faces new waves of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan" according to the Commission on Wartime Contracting. USAID, the Departments of Defense and State are singled out in a new commission report for their inadequate planning.
Tags: Commission on Wartime Contracting , Iraq , Afghanistan , contracting , DoD , USAID , State , Ruben Gomez , DoD Report
